I just noticed on the Brad site (http://www.bradcorporation.com/news.htm) that Shawn Smith is coming to the UK to play a date in York on 07/05/08:
http://www.ncem.co.uk/cgi/events/events.cgi?t=template.htm&a=1056
Does anyone know if he'll be doing any more or coming any further south? It was the two Pearl Jam posts on here today that got me nostalgic and made me check, so my thanks to whoever posted those!
Birmingham as well
6th May 2008 - The Medicine Bar, Birmingham, ENGLAND - SOLO - TICKETS
http://www.shawnsmith.co.uk/
Surely London to follow?
Hahah
I sent an email to his website asking why he'd never played over here, telling him there was definite demand, a few months ago.
Did that prod work, or what?
[Crosses fingers for Borderline show]
I tried the same with Travis Morrison but failed
From: Travis Morrison [mailto:travis@travismorrison.com]
Sent: Wed 12/03/2008 17:52
To: Steven Morgan
Subject: Re: International tour dates?
Hey Steven... odds are kinda low to be honest... we haven't a label abroad!
-T
Steven Morgan wrote:
> Hi Travis,
>
> I'm guessing you get this question a lot, so apologies if the subject of my email alone induced a groan into you, but I was wondering if there'd be a chance that you and The Hellfighters might ever play any dates internationally? I'm avoiding asking the generic "wen wil u play my town!? LOL" as I'm just curious as to whether you're even considering touring internationally anymore.
>
> Steve.
Yes, I do sound like a total suck up, but that's because to Travis Morrison, I am.
good work!
and nice to see a mention on here.
i'm gonna dig out my cd's, it's been years since i played any brad!
Didn't know Brad had a record due out
this year, but no-one to release it with.
They'll put it out themselves eventually, I reckon.
ooh nice!
i dug out 'interiors' recently, such a beautiful record & took me right back to uni years.
could someone recommend me some pigeonhed?
The only thing I've heard
is 'The full sentence'. It's not bad, but hasn't aged very well in general.
Things I didn't know yesterday, but know today. 1) Battleflag is a Prince tribute, and has Kim Thayil playing on it.
Trivia!
Have you heard Shawn's live cover of Sometimes It Snows In April?
My brother adores the cover, perhaps even more than the original, although I've never been as keen.
It's on Live At The Point I think. The influence of Prince on Shawn Smith's work is unmistakable.
:D
ahh, seattle love-in.
Just looked at the players on The Diamond hand
and who should appear but Dave Krusen, first Drummer of Pearl Jam?
The circle closes.
i'm not sure whether i dreamt or imagined this,
or it actually exists on the internet somewhere: a seattle-scene spidogram showing who's in what bands & all the cross-overs.
if it doesn't exist someone should make one.
It did exist in the real world
it was given away as a free poster with Kerrang.
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pearljam/tree.html
Doesn't include Satchel or Brad. I remember amending mine to include them. In 1995...
feh
no mad season, either...
actually
come to think of it, where the hell is Alice In Chains on that?
no soundgarden either
needs updating!
That version Kerrang gave away was much better
But it's gone to poster heaven.
:(
i miss being a teenager in the '90s...
They also got the black biro treatment
Or
Three Fish which alongside the ommission Mad Season and Soundgarden is particularly surprising considering this seems to be a chronology of Pearl Jam band members.
Aaaah, River Of Deceit.
river of deceit
great great song.
The Full Sentence
is their best album, no question. But their debut 'Pigeonhed' has some great moments on it two. They only have the two albums, so there's not much to explore.
There's also a patchy remix album, and then there was a very limited EP that came out about 10 years ago and was only available to buy online. I had a digital copy for a while, but I seem to have lost in all my hard disk moves since...
and
don't forget the lo-fidelity allstars...
i'm trying to
;-)
awesome
if I lived in birmingham or york...
where's the feckin' london date? I used to be a MASSIVE shawn smith fan. His solo stuffs been a bit patchy of recent times, but the triple punch of brad/satchel/pigeonhed is hard to beat...
What's Brad vs. Satchel like?
I wasn't as impressed with Welcome To Discovery Park (although it had the frankly awesome Never Let Each Other Down on it) and the way it was described came across as a bunch of outtakes.
Worth getting?
no
not really... I wasn't massively taken by Welcome to Discovery Park either. And Brad Vs. Satchel was mostly more of the same sort of plodding non-interest rock that he seems to have devolved to recently, which is shame.
Even the nominally 'Satchel' songs just weren't anywhere near as interesting as their album work. I guess that's why they were rejected in the first place...
The worst part about Discovery Park
is Revolution. That song is so diabolically terrible and sits proudly and loudly as though it were something to be proud of. It's the sort of song I'd be embarrassed to see a bunch of teenagers knocking out in a recreation centre at their first ever gig.
Secret Girl at the start of Interiors was in a similar vein, but nowhere near as bad. I always though Secret Girl was an unfortunate start to Interiors as the album was SUCH a classic, but when you went to play it to someone, it wasn't the greatest introduction to the band.
Buttercup opening the debut album on the other hand? Wow. Just wow.
Not really
I've got a few songs from it, and they don't really do anything for me. About the same level as Discovery Park I'd say.
I'd still pay top dollar to see Brad/Satchel though.
yeah
me too. particularly Satchel. EDC was such a big album for me. I was absolutely obsessed with it.
I've never heard EDC
Is it better than The Family? I picked up The Family for 99p in a Virgin Boxing Day sale in Cardiff many many years ago.
I liked The Family
but I always preferred EDC. It's more varied, and less overtly poppy. And the choons are brilliant. I'd definitely recommend it, no question.
Mr Brown
It's just so good. A mixtape favourite.
I'm going to have to dig these albums out now...
EDC
is the one I have, it's bloody great!
first pigeonhed
album is the best. It's ace. Get it
News
London show!
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=261842&interface=halfmoon
*bump*
*cough*
Sorry. Last one. Promise.
the half moon?
'kin 'ell, strange choice of venue!
it's atp next day though so sadly i can't do it.
Yep, it's an odd one
Got Les Savy Fav doing a nightclub warm up for ATP in Kingston the same night.
I'm going to both shows.
Who wants to touch me?
Thanks for this! My eyes were off the prize
Wasn't online this weekend so checked Shawn's site and nothing was on it. Ticket now bought!
putney!?
clashes with ween for me, unfortunately.
Shawn Smith UK Tour
Great to see so much talk about Shawn Smith. Anyway here's all his UK dates, dont't think anymore will be added. London is almost sold out. His old friend Dan Glendining (Headswim/Black Car) is supporting in London.
5th May - The Voodoo Rooms, EDINBURGH -
www.thevoodoorooms.com
6th May - Medicine Bar (Factory Club), BIRMINGHAM -
www.theticketsellers.co.uk
7th May - National Centre for Early Music, YORK -
www.ncem.co.uk
8th May - Halfmoon, Putney, LONDON - www.halfmoon.co.uk
9th May - Folk House, BRISTOL - www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk